Every evening sky, an invitation   To trace the patterned stars   And early in July, a celebration   For freedom that is ours      And I notice you in children's games   In those who watch them from the shade   Every drop of sun is full of fun and wonder   You are summer      And even when the trees have just surrendered   To the harvest time   Forfeiting their leaves in late September   And sending us inside      Still I notice you when change begins   And I am braced for colder winds   I will offer thanks for what has been and what's to come   You are autumn      And everything in time and under Heaven   Finally falls asleep   Wrapped in blankets white, all creation   Shivers underneath      And still I notice you when branches crack   And in my breath on frosted glass   Even now in death, you open doors for life to enter   You are winter      And everything that's new has bravely surfaced   Teaching us to breathe   And what was frozen through is newly purposed   Turning all things green      So it is with you and how you make me new   With every season's change   And so it will be as you are re-creating me   Summer, autumn, winter, spring